Background
Claybourn, Colleen Talmadge was born on October 11, 1934 in Gary, Indiana, United States. Daughter of Paul Preston and Leonora May (Hill) Talmadge.
Claybourn, Colleen Talmadge was born on October 11, 1934 in Gary, Indiana, United States. Daughter of Paul Preston and Leonora May (Hill) Talmadge.
Student, Savannah (Georgia) Junior College, 1952.
Deacon, First Presbyterian Church, Palacios, Texas, 1976; elder, First Presbyterian Church, Palacios, Texas, since 1980; mission and service committee, Mission Presbytery, San Antonio, 1978-1984; chairman Presbyterian development corporation, Mission Presbytery, San Antonio, 1980-1985; moderator, Mission Presbytery, San Antonio, 1988-1989; member spiritual task force committee, Mission Presbytery, San Antonio, 1988-1991; executive director, trustee, The Trull Foundation, Palacios, since 1981. Commissioner Mission Presbytery to General Assembly Presbyterian Church (United States of America), 1989. Board directors Presbyterian History Society S.W., Dallas.
Chairman Palacios Bay Fest, Inc., 1979, board directors 1979-1990. Chairman Palacios Area History Association, since 1984. Board directors Rainbow Land Day Care Center, Palacios, 1967-1968.
Active Matagorda County History Commission, Bay City, Texas, since 1984, Matagorda County History Society, since 1984. Member Conference Southwest Foundation (secretary 1978-1980, board directors 1980-1981, archivist since 1987), Sigma Tau Nu.
Married James Leo Penland, March 27, 1952 (divorced January 1971). Children: Sharon Melita Cress, Sarah Leonora Binder, Rhoda Allene Garrett, Aaron Altha II (deceased). Married Guy Raymond Claybourn Junior, November 19, 1972.
Stepchildren: Clayton Alan, Carolyn Guilaine Goforth.